Month: June 2009

One of the things I missed while living in France is my mom’s home cooked food. Although I managed to recreate some of her dishes like assam fish, chili prawns, white peppered pork slices etc, I never quite managed to get her Fried Bee Hoon right. Whenever I craved for fried bee hoon, I would… Continue reading Fried Bee Hoon or Rice Noodles

We are back in Singapore 🙂. Woohoo! With the pandemic N1H1 flu, we did consider skipping Singapore this year if it got real bad… then again, it is a pandemic, so even if we stayed in France, we would still get it at some point. So we decided to just go ahead and not bother.… Continue reading Stir-Fried Prawns with Salted Soy Bean

Summer is finally here – hot blazing sun that can burn your skin if you aren’t careful and gives you a headache if you stay outside too long without your hat. Up at the mountain lodge, we get to enjoy the nice sunny weather with nice cool breeze. The bright morning sun warms up the… Continue reading Strawberry-Black Cherry Sorbet

This year we decided to do an impromptu birthday celebration of 3 generations – Grandpa Patrick – 66, Aunt Irène – big 30 and Little V – 3 🙂. Come to think of it, everyone got a gift that day: my sis-in-law who is back on vacation for a month or two brought with her… Continue reading Black Forest Cake

Time flies so fast… another year gone by in a blink of an eye… Little One is 3 already. As she has been going to the daycare centre 3 times a week to play with other children, I thought it would be a great idea to celebrate her birthday with her little friends and the… Continue reading Double Layered Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing